Thanks Nigerian Twitterverse for the contributions. Here is what we have – 5 approved sides for Jollof Rice: Meat, Dodo, Coleslaw, Moinmoin and Eggs. Per plate? Two or more of these seem like the right amount. For example – dodo and meat; meat and moinmoin; dodo and eggs. Get the drift? Minimum allowable accompaniments if...
Where do we start? With my fave beer recipe, obviously. Or fave two. Or ten. Shandy A delightful combo of Beer and ‘soft drink’ – from lemon-lime soda to Apple juice, also known as Radler. {Recipe} Chili Beer Sauce What more can I say? Beer and peppers in a hot sauce? Yum. {Recipe} Guinness Caramel...
Yesterday, I gave a talk on Nigerian cuisine to a group of women at the 39th Nigeria Annual International Conference & Exhibition (NAICE) in conjunction with the Society of Petroleum Engineers, holding in Lagos, Nigeria. I thoroughly enjoyed myself but I almost always do when it comes to food, don’t I? First there was a...
If you’re looking for more suggestions for Suhoor, I’ve got you covered. Most of the recipes are make ahead, or easy to rustle up dishes so you can save some energy while getting the nourishment you need. The key is planning ahead, preparing some of the elements up front and then assembling. Here’s an 8-day menu with...
I’ve ‘enjoyed’ the fruits of Ramadan for most of my life, from ‘Sallah‘ meat – the copious amounts of grilled and barbecued ram and beef that accompany the feast at the end of the thirty days and the national holidays, Eid al-Fitr. It’s only in the last couple of years though that I’ve understood what happens to...
Wait till the rainy season when snails are in abundance. Don’t be tempted to pick their tiny cousins from gardens green as you did when you were this high…and call it a feast. Best find a market and prepare to shell out some dosh. I say find a market where they have snails and will...
Last weekend, I had a puff-puff party. It was the best puff-puff party I’d ever had. Been to. The only one too :). Anchored by the fact that my puff-puff game had improved considerably in a week of making it three times, and a comment J, my daughter made about said fried dough, I gathered a veritable...
My food dreams are not that many. Write a cookbook. Cook on TV. Open The Culinary Institute of Nigeria. And so on and so forth. Just a handful. I have to say that quite a few are coming true and I’m grateful for that. Back in February, I went to Calabar in the south of...
The first few days are the hardest. The transplanted mind, body and soul aren’t exactly sure where to begin this new life, in this place, which you might grow to love in the end; but right now?… No love. I have this overwhelming sense of newness and it doesn’t matter who I’m with, I’m trapped...